Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Skeleton
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Igls
DatesJanuary 16
Competitors29 from 15 nations
Skeleton at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Events
boys'girls'

Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on January 16. The competition had a boys' and a girls' event.

Qualification System

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men’s and women’s competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 2 0 0 2
2  Austria (AUT) 0 2 0 2
3  Canada (CAN) 0 0 2 2
Total 2 2 2 6

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
 Sebastian Berneker
Germany (GER)
1:52.73  Stefan Richard Geisler
Austria (AUT)
1:54.70  Corey Gillies
Canada (CAN)
1:55.82
Girls'
 Jacqueline Lölling
Germany (GER)
57.43  Carina Mair
Austria (AUT)
58.40  Carli Brockway
Canada (CAN)
58.48

Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men’s and women’s competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC.[2]

Boys'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.

Event Vacancies Qualified
Europe/Africa 7 Germany
Italy
Latvia
Romania
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
Americas 4 3 Canada
Mexico
United States
Asia/Oceania 3 Japan
Japan
South Korea
Host 1 2 Austria
Austria
TOTAL 15

Girls'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.

Event Vacancies Qualified
Europe/Africa 8 Germany
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Russia
Russia
Slovenia
Americas 4 3 Canada
United States
United States
Asia/Oceania 3 1 Japan
Host 1 Austria
TOTAL 14

Qualification summary

NOC Boys' Girls' Total
Austria 2 1 3
Canada 1 1 2
Germany 1 2 3
Italy 1 1 2
Japan 2 1 3
Latvia 1 1
Mexico 1 1
Netherlands 1 1
Romania 1 1 2
Russia 1 2 3
Slovenia 1 1
Spain 1 1
Switzerland 1 1
South Korea 1 1
United States 1 2 3
Total athletes 15 14 29
Total NOCs 13 10 13

References

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